Diversity of T Cell Epitopes in Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Likely Due to Protein-Protein Interactions

Nagesh R. Aragam; Kelly M. Thayer; Nabi Nge; Irving Hoffman; Francis Martinson; Debbie Kamwendo; Feng-Chang Lin; Colin Sutherland; Jeffrey A. Bailey; Jonathan J. Juliano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062427

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Diversity of T Cell Epitopes in Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Likely Due to Protein-Protein Interactions

Nagesh R. Aragam ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nagesh R. Aragam, Kelly M. Thayer

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Kelly M. Thayer ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nagesh R. Aragam, Kelly M. Thayer

Affiliation Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nabi Nge,

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Irving Hoffman,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Francis Martinson,

Affiliation UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Debbie Kamwendo,

Affiliation UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Feng-Chang Lin,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Colin Sutherland,

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Jeffrey A. Bailey ,

* E-mail: jeffrey.bailey@umassmed.edu

Affiliations Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Transfusion Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jonathan J. Juliano

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Diversity of T Cell Epitopes in Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Likely Due to Protein-Protein Interactions

Nagesh R. Aragam,
Kelly M. Thayer,
Nabi Nge,
Irving Hoffman,
Francis Martinson,
Debbie Kamwendo,
Feng-Chang Lin,
Colin Sutherland,
Jeffrey A. Bailey,
Jonathan J. Juliano

Published: May 7, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062427

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